Safety & Reliability

Safety & Reliability  - 2012 Volvo C70 Review - Reviews - Volvo C70

The C70 scores the highest rating, Good, in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's frontal offset and side-impact crash tests, as well as for rear-crash protection.

In addition to the required front airbags, the C70 comes with door-mounted airbags that are designed to stay inflated in the event of a rollover, as well as roll bars that deploy from behind the rear seats if the C70 is about to roll over. See the full list of safety features here.

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    Putting ACC in standby mode
    Before ACC can be used to regulate speed and/or the distance to a vehicle ahead, it must first be put in standby mode. To do so: Press . The symbol appears in the display and parentheses ( ...

    Rear seats
    The seat belt reminder in the rear seat has two additional functions: It provides information about which seat belts are fastened in the rear seat. A message will appear in the information disp ...

    Parking on a hill
    • If the vehicle is pointing uphill, turn the front wheels so that they point away from the curb. • If the vehicle is pointing downhill, turn the front wheels so that they point toward the cu ...